Tectonic evolution of the Paleoprotezoic Tampere Belt during the Svecofennian orogeny, with reference to hydrothermal alteration at Kutemajärvi

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1 Tectonic evolution of the Paleoprotezoic Tampere Belt during the Svecofennian orogeny, with reference to hydrothermal alternation at Kutemajärvi Tectonic evolution of the Paleoprotezoic Tampere Belt during the Svecofennian orogeny, with reference to hydrothermal alteration at Kutemajärvi Matti TALIKKA Polar Mining Oy, Käärmesaarentie 3B, Espoo, Finland Summary: The Paleoproterozoic, volcano-sedimentary Tampere Belt lies in the centre of the Svecofennian domain between the Central Finland Granitoid Complex and the Pirkanmaa Belt. The east-west striking greenstone belt is dominated by turbiditic metasedimentary rocks, metavolcanic rocks of island-arc type and granitoids. Metamorphic and structural features and age data evidence the rapid tectonic evolution ofthe Tampere Belt during the Svecofennian orogeny. The subvolcanic Pukala intrusion, which was emplaced into volcanic sequence of the Tampere Belt before or during the early stages of the main regional deformation, can be linked to the hydrothermal alteration observed at Kutemajärvi. The mineral assemblage ofthe alteration, geometry of the area, isotope data and presence of the comb quartz banding suggest that the hydrothermal system was driven by the Pukala intrusion. Later on, the hydrothermally altered area was subjected to deformation and metamorphism. Key Words: greenstone belts, Tampere Belt, tectonics, Svecofennian Orogeny, intrusions, hydrothermal alteration, gold ores, Paleoproterozoic, Tampere, Orivesi, Pukala, Kutemajärvi, Finland 1. INTRODUCTION Tampere region has been in focus of geological interest since the 19 th century after Sederholm (1897) released his study on the sedimentary rocks of southwestern Finland. The contributions of a number of distinguished researchers have highlighted the Tampere Belt as a first-class example of aproterozoic greenstone belt and an integral part in understanding the tectonic evolution of the Svecofennian domain. The Proterozoic greenstone belts around the world are considered to be highly potential regions for metal exploration and they host avast amount of the Earth s premier ore deposits. Inorogenic belts, intrusives at subvolcanic depths, e.g. magma chambers of volcanoes, often create hydrothermal systems that may carry constituents to and cause mineralisations in the intrusions or their country rocks. The purpose of this extended abstract is to present a simplified tectonic model for the Tampere Belt (TB) during the Svecofennian orogeny that summarises the investigations of numerous researchers. In addition, the model is intimately linked to the hydrothermal alteration phenomena observed at Kutemajärvi in the eastern flank of the Tampere Belt. 2. GEOLOGIC SETTING The bedrock in Finland belongs to the Precambrian Fennoscandian craton. The two major tectonic collisions that led to the formation of the Finnish crystalline bedrock occurred at Ga and Ga ago. Since the Paleoproterozoic, no major tectonic events have taken place, and the bedrock has been subjected to erosion for an extensive period of time. Therefore, mainly Archean and Paleoproterozoic rocks are exposed at the current erosional level in Finland. The Tampere Belt (TB) is located inthe middle of the Paleoproterozoic Svecofennian domain that formed Ma ago as aresult of orogenic and extensional events (Lahtinen et al., 2005). The bedrock of the domain is mainly composed of metasedimentary rocks, metavolcanic rocks of island-arc type and plutonic rocks that cut the supracrustal sequence (Korsman et al., 1997). 71

2 Matti Talikka The east-west striking,volcano-sedimentary TB (Fig. 1) extends over 200 km and lies between the Leveinen, 1994; Nironen, 1989). On the basis of the geochemical data, the metavolcanic rocks of Figure 1.Lithological map ofthe Tampere Belt. Modified from Kähkönen 1999, Kähkönen 2005 and references therein. Central Finland Granitoid Complex (CFGC) and the Pirkanmaa Belt (PB). The CFGC mainly comprises tonalites, granites and granodiorites with minor proportions of supracrustal rocks and mafic plutonic rocks (Korsman et al., 1997). The collision-related intrusions are Ga and the intrusions post-dating the main stage of crustal thickening Ga old (Korsman et al., 1997). The PB is dominated by migmatitic metasedimentary rocks that are intruded by granitoids and mafic plutons (Nironen et al., 2002). 3. TAMPERE BELT (TB) Seitsaari (1951), Ojakangas (1986) and Kähkönen (1989, 1999, 2005) among others have studied the stratigraphy and rock types ofthe TB. Accordingly, the main rock types are turbiditic metasedimentary rocks, felsic-intermediate arctype metavolcanic rocks and granitoids (Ojakangas, 1986; Kähkönen, 1989; Kähkönen & The TB were formed in an island-arc or active continental setting, and the absence of carbonate rocks and iron formations, and the presence of turbidites indicate asteep convergent plate margin (Kähkönen, 1989,1999; Luukkonen, 1994) (Fig. 3). In addition, amantle reflector dipping to the north indicates a norward subduction under a microcontinent (Lahtinen et al., 2005). The zircon U-Pb ages of the metavolcanic rocks of the TB are Ma (Kähkönen et al., 1989; Kähkönen et al., 2004). In comparison, zircons from the metasedimentary rocks are mainly Ga old (Huhma et al., 1991), and the U-Pb ages of the synorogenic granitoids within the TB are 1885± 2 and 1878±3Ma (Nironen, 1989). The zircon U-Pb age for the Pukala subvolcanic intrusion, which is located in the northern flank of the TB, is 1896± 4Ma(Talikka & Mänttäri, 2005). 72

3 Tectonic evolution of the Paleoprotezoic Tampere Belt during the Svecofennian orogeny, with reference to hydrothermal alternation at Kutemajärvi During the Svecofennian orogeny, the supracrustal rocks of the TB were deformed and metamorphosed under low-pressure, greenschist to lower amphibolite facies conditions (Campbell, 1978; Mäkelä, 1980; Kilpeläinen et al., 1994; Kilpeläinen, 1998). According to Mouri et al. (1999), the regional metamorphic peak occurred at ca Ma. 4. PUKALA INTRUSION AND HYDRO- THERMAL ALTERATION AT KUTEMA- JÄRVI The data on the Pukala intrusion isbased on publications by Talikka (2003) and Talikka and Mänttäri (2005). Figure 2. Generalised geological map ofthe Pukala intrusion (Talikka &Mänttäri2005 and references therein). ACWF =arc complex of centraland western Finland, ASF =arc complex of southern Finland. Inset after Korsman et al. (1997). According to Kähkönen (1989) and Nironen (1989), the TB forms a large synform whose northern limb isdominated by metavolcanic rocks and the southern limb bymetasedimentary rocks. On the basis of the recent age data, Kähkönen et al. (2004) suggested a folded early thrust as a more compatible explanation for the large-scale structure of the TB. Several east-west striking faults cut the TB (Kähkönen, 1989). The striking mappable structural feature within the TB is the east-west striking, subvertical foliation that formed during the main deformation phase (Kähkönen, 1989; Nironen, 1989; Kilpeläinen, 1998). Latter deformational features include fracturing, kinkfolding and movement along narrow shear zones (Nironen, 1989; Kilpeläinen, 1998). The Pukala intrusion lies in the eastern side of the TB in the contact region between the TB and the CFGC (Fig. 2). The acid, subvolcanic intrusion extends over 20 km in east-west and 1-2 km in north-south direction. The main rock types are porphyritic granodiorite and trondhjemite. The granodiorite has azircon U-Pb age of 1896± 4 Ma and titanite age of 1851± 4.6 Ma. Geochemically, the intrusion is a peraluminous, volcanic-arc granitoid. The Pukala intrusion was emplaced as asheetlike pluton at subvolcanic depths before or during the early stages of the main regional deformation phase and ca. 15 Ma before the regional metamorphic peak. The main regional foliation is observed in all rock types within the intrusion. On the basis of the stratigraphy observed today, the thickness ofthe volcanic strata above the Pukala intrusion at 1.9 Ga ago was km. During the Svecofennian orogeny, the intrusion tilted slightly 73

4 Matti Talikka to the west and steeply to the south along with the adjoining volcanic rocks. This is evidenced by the grain size variations, the presence of abundant xenoliths near the southern margin, and the evidence of magmatic-hydrothermal activity, e.g. comb quartz banding in the contact between the hydrothermally altered metavolcanic rocks and the intrusion at Kutemajärvi. Several hydrothermally altered domains are located within the metavolcanic rocks of the TB less than one kilometre south of the Pukala a U-Pb age of 1.88 Ga, and a galena with small crustal component in Pb-composition has amodel age of 1888 Ma (Mänttäri et al., 1997). The intense sericitisation, comb quartz banding, age data and geometry of the area suggest that the pervasive alteration at Kutemajärvi was aresultant of acid hydrothermal fluids of magmatic origin at Ma ago. After the pervasive alteration, the rocks were deformed and metamorphosed during the Svecofennian orogeny. 5. TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF THE TAMPERE BELT The model for the tectonic evolution of the Tampere Belt during the Svecofennian orogeny is based on the lithologic data, age data and structural and metamorphic features. The tectonic evolution is divided into four stages in relation to the collision between island-arcs or an island-arc and continental margin (Figs. 3 & 4). Figure 3. Tectonic setting at ~1.9 Ga. Oceanic crust is subducting under island-arc or active continental margin. The Pukala intrusion may represent a hypabyssal magma chamber. Modified from Talikka (2003). intrusion. The largest of the hydrothermally altered areas, Kutemajärvi, is in contact with the Pukala intrusion and hosts agold deposit, which was mined during by Outokumpu Mining Oy and Polar Mining Oy. The Kutemajärvi area has been studied by Nurmi etal. (1984), Grönholm (1992), Luukkonen (1994), Poutiainen & Grönholm (1996), Kojonen et al. (1999) and Poutiainen et al. (1999) among others. The continuous hydrothermally altered domain is formed by an outer rim of chlorite-sericite±quartz schist and acentre dominated by sericite-quartz schist, which hosts the pipe-shaped ore deposits (Grönholm, 1992). In addition, massive andalusite, quartz and topaz rocks exist in the centre of the altered area. Monazite from the chlorite schist has Pre-collision, 1900 Ma o Deposition of turbiditic sedimentary rocks o Active volcanism o Structural features include primary features e.g. bedding o Steep convergent plate margin o Island-arc or active continental margin Early-collision, Ma o Active volcanism o Compressional deformation foliation, folding o Metamorphism o Emplacement of Pukala intrusion o Pervasive hydrothermal alteration at Kutemajärvi Syn-collision, Ma o Minor volcanism o Compressional deformation main foliation, folding, large shear zones o Main metamorphic phase, metamorphic peak o Emplacement of synorogenic granitoids o Deformation and metamorphism of the Kutemajärvi alteration domain 74

5 Tectonic evolution of the Paleoprotezoic Tampere Belt during the Svecofennian orogeny, with reference to hydrothermal alternation at Kutemajärvi altered domain that hosts an economic gold deposit. The Kutemajärvi area is located in the northern flank of the TB and is in contact with the subvolcanic Pukala intrusion, which was emplaced within the metavolcanic rocks before or during the early stages of the Svecofennian orogeny. It is suggested that the magmatic fluids from the Pukala intrusion caused the pervasive alteration including sericitisation and silicification observed at Kutemajärvi. The pervasive alteration preceded the main regional deformation and metamorphic processes that led to changes in geometry and mineralogy of the gold deposit. Figure 4. Age data ofthe rock types, metamorphism and deformation ofthe Tampere Belt linked to the stages of the tectonic collision. Lower part of the figure illustrates the tectonic evolution of the Pukala intrusion and the adjoining metavolcanic rocks. (Modified from Talikka, 2003). Post-collision, Ma o Extensional deformation shear zones, kinkfolding, fracturing o Retrograde metamorphism, cooling 6. CONCLUSIONS The volcano-sedimentary Tampere Belt mainly comprises turbiditic sedimentary rocks, volcanic rocks of island-arc type and synorogenic granitoids. The range of the isotopic ages of the volcanic rocks and the synorogenic granitoids is ca. 25 Ma, and the main regional metamorphic and deformational phase lasted ca. 10 Ma. Accordingly, the tectonic evolution of the Tampere Belt during the Svecofennian orogeny has been a rapid, continuous process. The expeditious orogenic processes are also evidenced in the Kutemajärvi hydrothermally REFERENCES Cambell, D.S., 1980, Structural and metamorphic development of migmatites in the Svekokarelides, near Tampere, Finland. Transaction of the Royal Society of Edinburg. Earth Sciences 71, Grönholm, P., 1992, Oriveden Kutemajärven kultaesiintymän jasen ympäristön geologia. M.Sc. Thesis, University of Helsinki, 115 p. Huhma, H., Claesson, S., Kinny, P.D., Williams, I.S., 1991, The growthofearlyproterozoic crust: New evidence from Svecofennian detrital zircons. Terra Nova 3, Kähkönen, Y., 1989, Geochemistry and petrology of the metavolcanic rocks of the early Proterozoic Tampere Schist Belt, southern Finland. Geological Survey of Finland, Bulletin 345, 104 p. Kähkönen, Y., Huhma, H., Aro, K., 1989, U-Pb zircon ages and Rb-Sr whole rock isotope studies of early Proterozoic volcanic and plutonic rocks near Tampere, southern Finland. Precambrian Research 45, Kähkönen, Y., Leveinen, J., 1994, Geochemistry of metasedimentary rocks of the Paleoproterozoic Tampere Schist Belt, southern Finland. Geological Survey of Finland, Special paper 19,

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